228 THE SOU'l'H AFRICAN JEWISH CHRONICLE. Johanne ·lmrg, April 12, 1912.
Hamidrash going, and the wi est heads were "on the rack"
all through him. He decided, however, to let the problem over until the morrow, for his father-and then, won't he give something of a poser I
On the following day Mayer and Hessel sat before Rabbi Azriel saying theu- les ·on. The critical passage was at the very beginning, and before many moments Rabbi Azriel was looking at his son with apparently deep mental distress.
"I knew it was a difficult Ko hio," Mayer sounded his note of triumph, "because nobody in the Beth Hamidrash yesterday, not one, could answer it."
"Here is your an wer !" Rabbi Azriel said, stretching his arm across the table and giving Mayer a resounding smack on the cheek: "I have warned you often and often, you Shegetz, not to be filling your head with questions of idle curiosity."
Mayer was quite stnnned with the indignity; and that is saying nothing of his face being all o. fire. He aid not a word in prote t, but he sat out hi.') le son ulkily, without once lifting his head.
The lesson over. Mayer was inclined to take quite a different view of the O(!CUrrence. He gloried flow in his Patz. He was a martyr to his intellect . He had baffled the entire Hamidrash yesterday; to-day, he had put even his father to shame; and all he got for it in the end was a Patz ! He was i u love with that Patz.
"Mother," he said, clasping her by the knees, and looking up straight into her eye , "my father smacked me, because he could not an wer a Koshio I a ked him."
"A fire I a brand! n. era h ! woe-woe ~ '' the mother cri l, laying down the sock she was knitting, rrnd cnddling up to herself the little figure. " how me where did he do it- where? The old silly, a health and a ble ·iug unto his grey head, to go and murder my little Eifele l '
"l\Ialkah," Mayer said, after au-hile, turning into the next-door neighbours, "my father gave me a Patz to-day, b..?cause he could not answer my Ko hio."
"Mistomo, have you deserved it?"
"Do you think I would tell it to y0u if I de erve<l it~
I'd be ashamed, then. But I did not deserve it, and that's why I am not ashamed."
"It must have b~en a wrong Ko hio to a k," Malkah uggested.
"No. How could it be when it was in the Lernen, and when they all tried to answer it ye terday in the Deth Hamidrash, but could not. It ays in the Gemera-I mean mir sehn ara us, that a man· likes hi wife better when other people stare at her, and I wanted to know why. Does yonr Hirsch always like me to be lookin,q: at you? Aud docs he think you nicer? You ought to know it."
"You shall know it ·our elf, my little son," ~Inllrnh replied, smoothing the pink and white face aff ction:1tely.
"You shall my little heart. Mirtzesherr., wh0n yon and my Gitke are bride and groom one day, you shall know all about it."
And that is the sadde t part of it all. \Vhere i little Gitke now? There are sea and age dividing her and Mayer. It is near time now she could be a grandmot.her;
probably she is. Only Mayer has not changed; still a
<:hild at heart· still thinking of hi Gitke who was never to b" his; still
a~king
alwaysWhy-~hy-
_Onlyhi~ ,~.h~~
are much bigger, now-oh, so big sometune . '1 he1 e l never an answer, never once-bnt there l'> often a J>a tz.- Halitvak in the Jeu i.~h ('Ji rnnic1r.
~~~----~~~·~~--4---~~- THE MECCA OF THE "SOHNORRER.''
'There is hardly a Jew in Europe that wishe to do something for which he has immfficient fund , who doe not imagine that America is ju t waiting f?r him to c.o~ne over and collect the nece·sa.ry money. "\"\ P are familiar with the widow who annually asks a contribution to pay for the promised dowry of her daught~r;. but_ mo t of us have caught on to this dodge, and by tlns time it must have become quite unprofitable. H r place _ha'. been. taken by the man who has found an old ma.nuscnpt m a. hbrriry and now wants to go hunting for more, at the expen e of a rich American, or by some translato1 of 'pencer's e says, who thinks that ~ merica ought to be pron<l to support uch a. Jewish literary arti t, or by an explorer or a con- verter or something el e equally highly regarded and neglected abroad.-Jeuish Comment.
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THE EMPIRE.
Thi i the la t week of the prl' ent company that ar dt•lightrng audience nightly with their clenr performance.
The Frank L. Gregory troupe will juggle with their hoops for the. la t time to-morrow ( 'atnnlay) night and those lrho have not vet seen thi.s vcn clever '·turn" should utili e one of t.he few remaining. opportunities for doing so before it i · too late. The ~ame hint houltl be taken by tho e who liaYe not yet ·eeu the rnarTellou contortions of Jean antl Jo ie, or witnes. Pd the clever 'cotch ·turn., of :\Iis Lizzie Glenroy. to ay nothing of Phil Par.son'·
performance ; whil t last, but by no means lea t Vt'ry far from it-)fdlle. Ayoe, •· thl' Dani ·h Guilbert," a he is well termed, also make her last appearance at the Empire to-morrow night. The artish>s who will remain and form part of the new "-oill ,_, include :;\J i:s Beth Tate, who has already charmed Empire patron with her highly popular .. turn '; the Stavordal Quintette. who e performance i a clC'Yer and delightful as it i · d •serve<lly mo~t popular;
\\"ill H. Kuming, with hi, entertaining imitation "tnrn,"
a .. i ·tcc.l uy hi piano; and the 'i ter Bradford, "inter- untional '<lancer " of a high or<ler of merit and renown.
The attraction an<l sensation of tlw llPW Empire Company opening on )fon<la,v will lw tht eal and sea-lions or Captain "\Yoo<lwarcl, who will lw making tlwir s ~ond
,.i it to our premier mu ic-hall. Tho:-.e "·ho wit1ws 'eel their n,mark:.lble talking and juggling act during their fir't vi it 'lvill ne\·er forget their wonderful ngat·ity and the clever things tlh'Y did on the Empire tagl uncler the direction of .Captain "·oodwarcl, "ho mu t have heen born with a genius for auimal training. ~ ~ ot tlw lea t noteworthy fact i th number of difficulties that ha<l to bl' o\·ercom bPfore their performance in Johanne, burg; wa. madl' por ibli'. The question am e a· to how to acco111modate them on the voyage to Capetown. ThPy con~UllH' about 200 lb.'. of fish per da~-, , o that a ufficient toek to ln,.,t out thic vo:vage had to be. caJTied. _.\. large qunntil,y of iL'•' had also to be {'arried, and a splcial refrigernti11g chamber to contain thi.· nnd the fi h was adcle{1. Oi }JOnrd they had to Jin~
in tank,; fillNl with ea-water. The :;ame conditions had fO ·b~ mainbincd on th train a. 011 the boat, au<l it wa a rrangPd with the railwa · authoriti :, t'.at the,:. hould have a large trnck to them el~e to ('011tnin their tanks. Those who aw the ea ls on tlwir fh t vi it will no doubt a n1j l theruseln' · of thi opportunit~· to 'rilne · tlwir performance again, whifst tho e who did not honld certainlv Yi it the Empirt during Captain \\'oodwanl' sea.son. '
THE QUINLAN OPERAS.
Jt i · with feelings of keen regr 't that we dwei' on the faet that to-morro\r (Saturday) night will witness the la~t
performance of the Quinlan Opera Company. ,,·ho havt~
during their tay among lL' • o grP,1tly helped to raise the arti 'tic tone of the place and to ineulcnte n high standard of musical ta te in the arti ·tic pPrc·eptiou of the local publir. To-night ".\ida n ,,·ill be produced, and th(' la ·t p rforma11ce v1·ill be cle,·otl:d t{> a pi-e ·enbtion of Carmen,
\rith Rosina Beynon in the title-role. On Tuesday night, the p~rfor:mance of ''Fan:-.:., "as noteworthv in that that wa the only occasion during the {'ompany's :~friC'an season for _\grw. ~ Ticholls to fake the part
or ..
_farg1write." HerYoie~ \\'a· heard to great ach-antagt• in the role, in which
·he al o e:eellerl hi frionically. In all. ~\gne );icholls gave an admirable- int rpretation of th1.., famous part. Fau ·t afforded an opportunity for thL· c:hoi u · to distinguii>h itself.
nnd well did they do so. ThPy " •ll dl•.:e1Te<l the nthu iastic applau <' thl'y Tecefrl'd and. of cour:e, the popular "Sol- diers' Chorus" had to be rc•peatpcl. Mr. ~\llen Hincklev'
1 icii bass \•oice and sardonic neting "·ere notable featu;·es oi an excellent rende1·ing of "l\fppJii~tophele , ' whilst Mr.
,John Harri ou's clear tPnor ,·oicE did Yerv well in the '· Fau:t" mu ic. Ho ·inn lh•ynon dPserve<lh- ·eame in for a goodly share of the <'Yening's npplau e in the part of
;· ~iebel," a~, did also )fr. W. ,J. Samuell in the role of
· ' al ntine. ~fr. Hubert Rath l'<>nductc<l ,·ery succe ·s- fu}ly, the. orchestra were pl 'IH!i<.1 a. u nal. and tiie scenery l.>rt nothrng to be desired.
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!QUINLAN SYMPHONY CONCERT.
On bunday night last, at the ·wanderers, the farewell
•concert of this excellent orchestra, before w·hat was a poor .audience in numbers but rich in enthusiasm and appre- ciation, was gfren. Xo doubt the bad weather prevailing right
up to the time the concert wa aclYerti ed to begin had a
·great deal to <lo with the fact that the hall was but spa~·sely filled for the orchestra has achieved noteworthy fame amo~g u , ancl the programme gone through was an excellent one. \Yhere everv item was so well rendered it is difficult to make a distinction, but chubert's "Unfinished . 'ymphony," :Mozart's '·Don Giovanni" overture, and the Thre.e Dance in German'. "Henry the Eighth," Te pec- tively conducted by ~Ie rs Tullio Voghera, Ernst Knoch .and Hubert Bath, call for special mention. Other orchestral items were: Minuet (strings), Bacchenni; election,
·'· C:.walleria Rn ticana," ::\fa cagni; oyerture, "Flying
Dutchman," \Yagner: Good ~·riday music, "Parsifal,"
\Yagner; overture, " "'illiam Tell/' Rossini. )Ji s Edna 'l'hornton and Mr. John Harrison contributed the vocal items which, needies to say, were ,·ery well recei,·ed.
·''THE MAN FROM MEXICO:'
J ohannesburgers will no doubt give Mr. Chas. Howitt nud his e;ompany a ,·ery hearty welcome at the 'tanclard Theatre on Monday evening next, when they open what .<;houfd b' a very ·ucce ful s ason with a very funny pl::i.y, clas ifi d <.ls "a farcial comedy," entitled ''J'he Man from
·FORTHCOMJNG MEETINGS.
. \pril 25.-Trea ur~· Gold :\lin s, Ltd., general meeting, 3.45 p.m., Board-room, Cullinan Building, Johanne - burg.
_\pril 2.5.- \Volhnter Gold ~lines I. .. t<l., general meeting, 3.15 p.m., Board-room, Cullinan Building Johanne - burg.
.\pril 25.- Knight Central, Ltd., general meeting, 3.3J p.m ..
Board-room, Cullinan lbil<ling, Johanne burg.
April 2:5.- \Yihrntersrand Deep, Ltd .. general meeting, 2.3U p.m., Board-room, Cullinan Building, Johanne -
burg.
_.\.pril 25.-Witbauk Colliery. Ltd .. general meetiug, 4.30 p.m .. Board-room. Cullinan Building, Johannesburg.
.\pril 25.-Vogel trni Consolidated Deep, l.1td.!,-. general meeting, 2.15 p.m., Board-room_, Cullinan nuil<ling, Johann sburg.
_i\pril 25. :Mai,!.! He£>f \Ye t. Ltd., g neral me ting, 4.15 p.m., Board-room, Cullinan Building, Johannesburg . . \pnl 23.- :msolidated )lain Heef Min sand E tates, J~td.,
general meeting, 4. p.m., Board-room, Cullinan Bmld- ing. Johamw bnrg.
S. A. GOLD MINES, LTD.
Ou \Yedne tla~· week, at the ninth ordinary gen ral me >ting of shareholders, Mr. Julius Jeppe, who presided, aid the capital account remained the same as last year, namely, £179,324. The debenture issue figured at
£149,000; £30,000 worth of debentures having been pur- chased at a profit during the year. Since the closing of the annual accounts they had purchased more debentures, abo at a profit, and the directors proposed. to continue this policy as opportunity occurre<l. The share premium ac- counr; at £2;),:324 was exactly the same as last year. "Con- tinaent liabilities" was £10,603 17s. 9d. more than in last vea-=;··s accounts, the increase being due to their having sub- . crib2<1 for (but not yet paid over) a portion of the new
working capital issue of the Van Ryn Deep, Ltd. The Chairman then dealt with the profit and loss account, and said they went forward to next year with a satisfactory credit to :i:rofit and loss account of £24,871 8s. 9~._, after havina 'vntten off all losses and made ample prov1s1on for depre~iation , reducing the debit standing to the profit and Jo_s account itself to. £46,626 3.s. The re.sult of the year's work would b3 considered eminently satisfactory. After makin<r ample provi ion for all possible depre()iation and losse.>,0 they had reduced liabilities by £31,112, while de- crea ing the book value of . asset.s by . only £6.241.
The motion was adopted. Sir Abe Bailey, Messrs. J.
Jeppe, and J. H. Ryan were re-elected directors, and
~Ie r . C. L. A11:derss<m and Co. and Mr. J. P. Ablett were reappointed auditor
Mexico." This " creaming" farce comes direct from London with a good reputation behind it, so that crowded
"houses" ought to be the feature of the ~tandard from next week omvard . Reader hould note that there are three different prices for the tall ~ 10 . Cd., 7s. Gel., and 5s., "·h1le the <'ircle eats are Gs. ancl 4 . With Mr. Howitt in the title-role and a actor-manager there need be no fear of f'ne artistic success of the play, so that readers should make a point of eeing "The Man from Mexico."
THE GRAND.
The holiday company and pictures at this best of local bioscope theatres deservedly drew crowded hcuses at ach performanc , and gave an entertainment that elicit cl loud and long applau e from appreciative audience . 'eel y and \Ve t are two very clever arti te who give a musical
"turn" inter per ed with excellent "patter" that at once de ervedly achienxl popularity and earned nthusiast:c applause. Another very good "turn" is Madame Lucelle, who i accompanied by a clever and knowing p<1rrot, and both rec iYe the well-desen·ed plaudit of the audience . Madame is a cleYer juggler, and the bird gives some won- derful imitations of a cornet, a rag-time dance, etc. Mi s Flo '\ix contributes some ''catchy" songs to the pro- gramme, and Mr. Percy Dalton shows some very good
cc ntric dancing. The pictures are all excellent. w·hich
\Ye have come to expect as quite a usual thing with the Grand' bioscope.
EAST RAND DEEP, LTD .
Mr. Julius Jeppe presided. at the annual meetina of. hanc'l1older · heltl 011-'l'lmrsday \\·eek, and in the cours~ of his speech, in moving the adoption of the reports and accounts, said the property remained exactly the same as last year, nam~ly,. 347 claims on LeemYpoort Ko. 154, in the Hoksburg d1stnct, and the only changes in the balance sheet whicn he need refer to were a decrease of £1 343 4s. 4d. in ii:vestmen~s and ca h assets, partly accounted' for by exc~ .' of exp2nd1tu~e over revenue, and for the re t by the wntlng off of £1,005 'is. 6d. from the value of their in- vestments to bring them do\vn to their market Yalue at the end of December last, but he tru ted that the bulk of this depreciatiQn would be rcco ered. The total invesif- ments and ca h assets amount cl to £36,936 7s. 3d. The exp::>nditure and ievenne accmrnt showed on the debit side a slight decrea e of £30 8 . cl., compared with last year, the expen es of the London office having been less than the previous year, but foe item of depreciation of stock amounting to £1,055 7s. G<l., a]ready referred to was one which did not appear in the last accounts. The debit bal- ance for the :vear was £1,334 7s. 5d., principally owing to depreciation in the vulne of stock, the ordinarv r venue being only about £279 les than ordinary expend1tnr , and the total balance at cl hit of revenn<' and expenditure ac- count on Decemb:-r .'31 hst wa." £2,261 14 . 2d. The vear m:icler revi ''" 1iad not offered ::rn:v opportnnity for de~Jin5~
with prop rty. The rt>port and account were dnlv econded and adopted, and retiring directors and auditor' were re- elected.
BUCKS REEF G M., LTD.
The s cretary inform. me of th<' following particulars of February's output: '1'01).c· cni1:ihecl, 641: yield, !:2.195 3 . 4d.; profit, £313 12~. ld. '
NEUMANN GROUP.
The ecr tary adYises me of th following particular of the re ult achievPd bv the crushing companies of thi group during hPt montl1 :- \Vitn·ater rand Deep, Ltd. : 'l'ons cru ·bed, 3 ,.'300; yield, £54, 00; profit, £17,.)03. The Wolhuter Gold ~lines, Ltd.: Tons crushed, 30,050; yield,
£40,641 : profit, £15.006: gold n errn, 2, 53.227 fine ounce ..
Con olidate<l Main Reef ~fine~ and 1£ tate, Limited: 'fons crushed, 21.700; ~iPld. £30,415: profit, £ ,753; gold reserve, 352.710 fine ounce . Main Reef West, Ltd.: Tons cru lied, 15,571; yield, £20,183; profit, £ ,<>10. K11ight Central.
J,td.: Ton {·ru heel, 23,720; yield, £25.755: profit, £2,7..J.2.
Treasury Gold Mines, Ltd. (joint \Yorking-Jumper ) : Profit, £243. Total profit for groun_. £52,68().
